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Opera's musicians including Dutch thinker (7)

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erasmus

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'dutch thinker' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'opera's musicians including' is the wordplay.
'including' indicates a hidden word.
'ERASMUS' can be found hidden inside 'operas musicians'.

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(Other definitions for erasmus that I've seen before include "Desiderius -, Dutch scholar, humanist" , "Humanist critical of Church" , "Renaissance scholar" , "He praised folly" , "Dutch philosopher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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